Drawing highlights from three years of Puppets on Film at BAMcinématek, this program, co-presented by the Jim Henson Foundation, features a selection of ingenious shorts for kids young and old. Characters of all shapes and sizes will bring families on journeys possible only through the magic of puppetry. Whimsical, unique and beautiful, this collection of shorts is for audiences of all ages.

Colosse (2012)

Directed by Yves GeleynRUN TIME: 2:38

Colosse isn't ordinary by any means; he just so happens to be a very tall, wood robot puppet who doesn’t know his own strength, much less what his strings are up to.

I Knew an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly (2011)

Directed by Paul Andrejco

Poor Old Mother Hubbard has no food, no money and no clue what to do with her eccentric little dog, Toby, who eventually takes matters into his own paws…

Elmo's Got the Moves (2011)

Directed by Sesame WorkshopRUN TIME: 1:07

Elmo invites you to get up and dance!

Mountain Goat (2003)

Directed by Jamie ShannonRUN TIME: 2:48

Will our favorite yodeler ever get up the mountain?

Ego (2013)

Directed by Victoria Van PattenRUN TIME: 3:54

A little mouse herds the bodiless souls of forest life.

Carmen (2008)

Directed by Leat KlingmanRUN TIME: 4:53

Based on the opera by Bizet, Carmen is a personal and unique puppet-film by Leat Klingman, telling the story of love, its wonders and its heartbreaks, with a teaspoon ofinnocence.

Cupcake (2011)

Directed by Spencer LottRUN TIME: 2:59

This is a story of a boy who tries to eat a yummy cupcake and sneaks around to get it.

"Slip Away" - Kathryn Calder (2010)

Directed by Dean TzenosRUN TIME: 4:48

This story follows the quest of a small bunny trying to reunite with its mother using a magical telescope.

Crane and Tortoise (2013)

Directed by Matty SidleRUN TIME: 5:44

This Chinese folk tale of a proud and beautiful crane who meets a very clever little turtle teaches the lesson that patience and cleverness triumph over even the largest of bullies.

Buildings & Vampires (2010)

Directed by Sebastian Baptista & Nico CasavecchiaRUN TIME: 1:38

This is a petit tribute from a group of friends to the film "Where the Wild Things Are."

Robot Adventures on Planet Earth (2010)

Directed by Curtis L. WiebeRUN TIME: 1:24

Space Robot and his robot friend, Lif-Tor, attempt to figure out the complexities of a popular human pastime.